The study questions how far manufacturers are taking into consideration how people hold smartphones when designing antennas.
The performance variation between left-hand and right-hand usage is for several phones very large, it notes.
A well-designed antenna solution has a low body loss in both right- and left-hand usages.
The results were bad for Apples popular iPhone.
Apple has had problems and they continue to have them.
However, all Apple handsets appeared to perform slightly better when tested in the right hand.
However, it is not clear whether or not the move could improve call quality in the left hand.
source: www.techworm.net